This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A new study shows that poor air quality has reduced the amount of sunlight reaching China’s solar installations, undermining the country’s renewable energy efforts. • For China,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A new study with advanced brain imaging is revealing how exposure in the womb to the pesticides, organophosphates, changes brain activity in teenagers. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Zachary Slobig at Skoll interviews a senior associate researcher at Imazon and discuss the next steps after the fires in the Amazon have stopped. • How can…
Giving Compass’ Take: · This video from The Rockefeller Foundation’s #Solvable series features Jules Kortenhorst, CEO of Rocky Mountain Institute, and explains why lack of access to power in the developing world provides an…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ruth McCambridge at Nonprofit Quarterly discusses both sides of the argument on the idea of depending upon philanthropy to address the all-important and critical issue of climate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Food Tank highlights the beautiful documentary, Farmsteaders, that through its storytelling connects audiences to the highs and lows to life on the Nolan family dairy farm. • This…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Hollywood producer Jacob Pechenik and his wife, actress Zooey Deschanel, started The Farm Project and Lettuce Grow to bring people closer to farms and produce, and place…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • By donating a portion of each diner’s check, restaurants can help fund the implementation of carbon farming practices, which can be a key driver in the fight…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Pacific Standard writes on new research that shows the detrimental effects logging and fires cause to forest soil and the impact on our forests eco-system. • What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Alex Smith reports that flooding and extreme weather caused by climate change may cause Missouri’s mosquito population to grow, bringing disease that the state is unprepared to cope…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Fast Company reports that Boyan Slat’s team has redesigned the Ocean Cleanup device, and it is now ready to test the waters again at the Great Pacific Garbage…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Payce Madden at Brookings reports on research and figures showing Africa’s progress on the Sustainable Development Goals, and what areas need to be given more attention. …